From: David H. Lipman on
From: "Robin Bignall" <docrobin(a)ntlworld.com>

| Just another word on this, for it's still happening. I created a text
| file on c: containing the word "infection" only. I then used Windows
| 'search within files' to check all files -- including hidden and
| system -- on the system disk. I found seven instances of 'infection'
| in various places, mostly text or pdf files, including the made-up
| one, but none relating in any way to the system, the virus checker or
| any malware. I find it baffling to know what is generating this
| message, and how.
| --
| Robin
| (BrE)
| Herts, England

To date, NOTHING has been pin-pointed yet as the source :-(


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From: Beauregard T. Shagnasty on
In alt.privacy.spyware, Robin Bignall wrote:

> PCButts emailed me to make the sensible suggestion of checking
> the runonce registry entries.

What?

Buttface is now emailing direct to posters? How cheeky is that!! Must
be a new way to get around having others respond to warn about his
stolen software...

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From: David H. Lipman on
From: "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous(a)example.invalid>

| In alt.privacy.spyware, Robin Bignall wrote:

>> PCButts emailed me to make the sensible suggestion of checking
>> the runonce registry entries.

| What?

| Buttface is now emailing direct to posters? How cheeky is that!! Must
| be a new way to get around having others respond to warn about his
| stolen software...

And it is even really a "sensible" suggestion as the RunOnce key is just that, it runs
only once then the contents of that Registry key is removed. Therefore if it did run, by
the time the person examined it, it would be an empty key. Plus RunOnce is interpreted
AFTER the Winlogon process. Robin's problem occurs before the Winlogon process.


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From: Leythos on
In article <l7hth5ph28bh1a2visno3g6rlcdih8qfgu(a)4ax.com>,
docrobin(a)ntlworld.com says...
> PCButts emailed me to make the sensible suggestion of checking
> the runonce registry entries. They're empty. The weird thing is
> where the message is coming from, since no executable on my system
> disk contains the string "infection".

You should ALWAYS check the reputation and online history of a person
before taking their advice - there are many people that would give you
bad advice that could damage your system.

In the case of PCBUTTS, I don't know of anyone that would consider
trusting him.

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From: Rick on
"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in
news:hfml4n02nml(a)news3.newsguy.com:
>
> And it is even really a "sensible" suggestion as the RunOnce key is
> just that, it runs only once then the contents of that Registry key is
> removed. Therefore if it did run, by the time the person examined it,
> it would be an empty key. Plus RunOnce is interpreted AFTER the
> Winlogon process. Robin's problem occurs before the Winlogon process.


When is wininit.ini processed?


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